Export Access to Excel text field with numbers

[dcr]

After export from Access, the Excel column containing numbers and text has
green triangles in the cells because it is formatting the numbers as text. I
would like this column to export as General format.

 

[Debra Dalgleish]

You can change the numbers from text to real numbers, using one of the
techniques shown here:

http://www.contextures.com/xlDataEntry03.html

Or, in Access, use the TransferSpreadsheet method to send the data, and
specify one of the later Excel versions.
You can do this by creating a macro, or writing some code, e.g.:

'======================
Sub SendTableToExcel()
DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet acExport, _
acSpreadsheetTypeExcel9, "tblCustomers", _
"c:\Data\MyExcelFile.xls", True
End Sub
'===========================

Then, add a button on an Access form, to run the macro or the code.